My First Coaching Session
I announced a while back a new service I am offering called HeavyBid Coaching. The concept is that I have up to a 4-hour remote session (as many as needed) with a company using HeavyBid who want to take it to the next level and…
Estimating course on LinkedIn Reviewed
*Written by my son and employee whom I refer to as Minion (William Nix). I found Christopher Randall’s construction courses on LinkedIn. His beginner course is approximately 45 minutes long and broken up into three sections: Learning Construction Estimating, Construction Estimating Takeoff, and Construction Estimating…
Stop Right Now & Setup Your Credentials
This really drives me crazy as an HCSS Trainer. Even before HeavyBid is installed for new HCSS customer estimators should be set up for each estimator. It is that important! It allows estimators to get in the HCSS Academy and start watching videos on HeavyBid….
Critical HeavyBid Information
I presented this course in the 2017 UGM. The information is still applicable so I am posting it for download. Every company should develop its own “best practices” for HeavyBid and estimating in general and while this is not a best practices manual it does…
Ending the Year Right
Most of you have a few days left in this year. Here is my challenge. Take a day, or two and stop. Just stop and as a group ask how can you improve your estimating workflow. Call HCSS Support for specific questions and see if…
How to Access HeavyBid Tutorial
I get emails sometimes from companies saying that did not get HeavyBid launched successfully for one reason or another and what can they do? First make the commitment that Heavybid will not become expensive shelfware. I suggest this, complete the HCSS HeavyBid tutorial. HCSS has an…
How to streamline your codebook workflow in HeavyBid – Video
In this video I detail how to best save time and improve efficiency in an estimate. These tips aren’t revolutionary but they can take time to implement. I recommend pulling your estimating department aside, taking the time, and carefully going through this setup. Let EWKS…
How to Handle Tariffs in HeavyBid
Here is a quick run through of how I would address tariffs on purchased materials in HeavyBid using the escalation tool. Let me know if you enjoy following along to videos like this.
Search Biditems or Activities by Description in Tree View
This might not seem like a very useful feature until you have hundreds of biditems or activities. In the TreeView and on the biditems right-click and you will get a pop up screen that has two radio buttons. One is searching on Biditem description and…
Subtotals using Summary Group Values
Summary Groups (Adv/Comp Version) provide a quick way to get subtotals. A lot of users bypass this feature of HeavyBid as they think it is hard to understand. I will cover in another post how to setup Summary Groups but once values are assigned to…
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